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Ups, downs and sudden showers. We've designed Xperia™ advance to handle everything life dishes out. We gave it a scratch-resistant display, a battery-save mode for when you're running late and made sure it had the highest water and dust resistance of any smartphone. As a final trick, we put all this toughness in an elegant costume. At just 9.8 mm, you'd never guess that slim Xperia™ advance is a giant on durability. Finally, a smartphone that's as stylish as it is strong.

Strong enough for life's little problems

For something that's such a vital part of life, most smartphones can't handle life's little bumps. Now there's an Android smartphone you never have to worry about. Xperia advance is a dust-proof, water-resistant phone. Sure, you can take it on a hike through the rainforest. But it's made for less dramatic challenges. Like a drop into the flour while you're baking, a "surprise" dive into the fishbowl and whatever else daily life has in store.

Built to outperform

Get the best out of your entertainment on the razor sharp 3.5" Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine. Want to watch your favorite show live? Don't like waiting for your top sites to load? The dual core 1 GHz processor means your Xperia™ advance moves as fast as you do. Browse, stream and download what you like in an instant.

Life gone documentary

The wiggle of a loose tooth. The mist on your morning jog. Freeze the scene on a 5 megapixel camera that goes from sleep to snap in just over a second. Or capture the sights and sounds of everyday, in high definition video. Get something good? Post it on your favorite social site, or show it on your TV using DLNA®.

Start a dance party in the kitchen. Connect to your TV and host a movie marathon. Choose from your own library of songs and videos, or tap into Sony Entertainment Network. With Music Unlimited, you'll have access to millions and millions of tracks, while Video Unlimited has TV shows and a film catalogue that's bursting with blockbusters. With one account and a digital wallet, it's unlimited entertainment made simple

Music Unlimited is a subscription service. Please refer to Terms Of Service for details of fees. Music Unlimited is not available in every market.

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This product comes factory unlocked and includes the standard Sony Mobile one year limited warranty for the U.S. with the original purchase.

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TrackID music recognition

Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk

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Rating: 4/5Nice phone for the price

Pros: I have had the phone for 2 months and I have been quite happy with it. -It is waterproof, I took to a water-park and ran a few rides with it accidentally before I realized it was in my shorts! -Battery life is good, I am not a power talker, less than 1000 minutes a month, I have never needed to charge it during the day, but I use it mostly to text and talk, I am not a big Apps user- the size is great for dropping in your pocket, but big enough to read on it.

Cons: -really needs to rebooted every day to keep it running smoothly. -It starts to run sluggish if you have too many things going on at once, Clean Master App comes on to clean out the memory pretty regularly. I do have to a hard reboot sometimes when it gets bogged down. -GPS take several minutes to find itself sometimes up to 10 minutes sometimes. -Due to the thinness it can be a bit slick to handle without a case. New egg doesn't have many cases for this I would recommend getting a simple case at the various other on line retailers.-Not a lot of cases and accessory's for the phone.-

Other Thoughts: Over all I am very happy with the phone, I like that it is waterproof because I am very active outdoors. I am thinking on buying a Sony Z, just so I can have a larger screen and keep the waterproof. I like the Sony layout and how the interface works without a lot of extra trash that I don't want or am not allowed to remove.

Cons: - Even though it has a dual-core processor, 500MB of RAM just isn't enough. You'll need a task-killing app for sure. It lags and freezes about once a day. I've heard this is an issue with ICS but I can't compare because my phone came preloaded with it.- Battery life is not the best. It's fine on standby, but if you have everything on (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS) and you're watching movies or streaming Pandora, you'll drain the battery as fast as a good laptop (about 4-5 hours). At least it takes a standard Micro USB charger and can charge from a computer. The battery is not replaceable.- Screen isn't quite up to today's standards. It's small and you can see pixels. But unless you're used to an iPhone or S4 that's not a deal-breaker.- Camera takes 5-10 seconds to open up. If you're trying to take candid shots, leave the camera on.- Flaps that cover the headphone and charger jack are a little annoying. I feel I'm going to break them off given enough time.- The phone feels a little flimsy, even though it isn't really. A lot thinner and lighter than an I-phone (it's about the size of an old-school Razr).

Other Thoughts: This is certainly a "niche" phone, and apparently I was in that niche. I needed a reasonably-priced (although I'm not sure if you can call $200 reasonable) unlocked touch-screen Android phone that could take an AT&T prepaid SIM, was reasonably rugged, had at decent camera, etc. I really like this phone, especially since I upgraded from a 5-year-old Nokia E63. It does everything I want it to do - just sometimes, it does it very slowly. That's really the main issue with this phone is the lag...well that and battery life (I just keep a charger in the car and one at work). If this isn't your first Android, and you scream at computers when a webpage takes more than 5 seconds to load, then you may want to look elsewhere. Otherwise, it's a perfectly decent phone.

Rating: 5/5love it

Pros: Fast Small sizeI also own the Xperia ionI purchased the advanced for a backup

Cons: Screen size

Other Thoughts: If you like Xperia lineAnd you want a smaller size device buy this nowWell worth 259

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